Failed to update old Database to new Database format

[Peter Rodgers-2]

Any help welcome

I'm using digikam 0.9.3 in PCLinuxos digital photography

I use digikam for reviewing my photos.  Yesterday I created a folder
of new pictures as usual, started up digikam, it read all the folders
on the drive (sda1 a  200gb partitiion), I reviewed the pictures,
closed digikam and shut down.  All as usual, nothing untoward.

This morning when I started up digikam I simply get the message
'Failed to update old Database to new Database format' and then
nothing else.

It is a great application and I do not want to do without it - I'd
really like to know what has gone wrong and how I can fix it.

daft question - Is there a limit to the number of folders it can
parse? 40 folders currently, hoping for more

Many thanks

Peter Rodgers
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[Arnd Baecker]

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Peter Rodgers wrote:

> Any help welcome
>
> I'm using digikam 0.9.3 in PCLinuxos digital photography
>
> I use digikam for reviewing my photos.  Yesterday I created a folder
> of new pictures as usual, started up digikam, it read all the folders
> on the drive (sda1 a  200gb partitiion), I reviewed the pictures,
> closed digikam and shut down.  All as usual, nothing untoward.
>
> This morning when I started up digikam I simply get the message
> 'Failed to update old Database to new Database format' and then
> nothing else.

Hmm, does not sound that good...
Do you have a backup of your images and a backup of the
database file digikam3.db ?

> It is a great application and I do not want to do without it - I'd
> really like to know what has gone wrong and how I can fix it.
>
> daft question - Is there a limit to the number of folders it can
> parse? 40 folders currently, hoping for more

I use more. So this can't be the problem ...

This reminds me of this bug:
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144253

Could you post the output of
  ls -lh ~/Pictures/digikam3.db
(or whereover your digikam3.db file is)?

It could also mean that the directory
with the Album Path is write-protected or does not exist.
(Maybe it got mount read-only for some obscure reasons?)

Arnd

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[Peter Rodgers-2]

Thanks Amd

I think maybe the partition was not mounted - when I tried digikam
today the system was freshly booted and I had not viewed the drive in
Konqueror. (drive is in fact sda7 not sda1)

I have just done so, digikam comes up as I would expect....

Phew!

I'll have to figure out how to permanently mount my photo drives (on
linux  now about 8 months, perhaps should have learned that a bit
sooner)

Many thanks for such a speedy reply!

Best regards

Peter Rodgers

www.fotoworks.eu

2008/4/10 Arnd Baecker <[hidden email]>:

> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Peter Rodgers wrote:
>
>  > Any help welcome
>  >
>  > I'm using digikam 0.9.3 in PCLinuxos digital photography
>  >
>  > I use digikam for reviewing my photos.  Yesterday I created a folder
>  > of new pictures as usual, started up digikam, it read all the folders
>  > on the drive (sda1 a  200gb partitiion), I reviewed the pictures,
>  > closed digikam and shut down.  All as usual, nothing untoward.
>  >
>  > This morning when I started up digikam I simply get the message
>  > 'Failed to update old Database to new Database format' and then
>  > nothing else.
>
>  Hmm, does not sound that good...
>  Do you have a backup of your images and a backup of the
>  database file digikam3.db ?
>
>
>  > It is a great application and I do not want to do without it - I'd
>  > really like to know what has gone wrong and how I can fix it.
>  >
>  > daft question - Is there a limit to the number of folders it can
>  > parse? 40 folders currently, hoping for more
>
>  I use more. So this can't be the problem ...
>
>  This reminds me of this bug:
>  http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=144253
>
>  Could you post the output of
>   ls -lh ~/Pictures/digikam3.db
>  (or whereover your digikam3.db file is)?
>
>  It could also mean that the directory
>  with the Album Path is write-protected or does not exist.
>  (Maybe it got mount read-only for some obscure reasons?)
>
>  Arnd
>
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[Arnd Baecker]

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Peter Rodgers wrote:

> Thanks Amd
>
> I think maybe the partition was not mounted - when I tried digikam
> today the system was freshly booted and I had not viewed the drive in
> Konqueror. (drive is in fact sda7 not sda1)
>
> I have just done so, digikam comes up as I would expect....
>
> Phew!

Good!

> I'll have to figure out how to permanently mount my photo drives (on
> linux  now about 8 months, perhaps should have learned that a bit
> sooner)

You need to add an entry to /etc/fstab
(see eg. man fstab or something more readable ... ).
So the additional line should look like

/dev/sda7     /media/photos   ext3    noauto,rw,user,exec 0 0

/media/photos would be the mount point which you need to create
(if it does not exist). I.e.
  mkdir /media/photos
as root

> Many thanks for such a speedy reply!

Sure, you are welcome! Best

Arnd


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[Peter Rodgers-2]

 Arnd

Many thanks, done

Best regards

Peter Rodgers
www.fotoworks.eu

2008/4/10 Arnd Baecker <[hidden email]>:

> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Peter Rodgers wrote:
>
>
> > Thanks Amd
>  >
>  > I think maybe the partition was not mounted - when I tried digikam
>  > today the system was freshly booted and I had not viewed the drive in
>  > Konqueror. (drive is in fact sda7 not sda1)
>  >
>  > I have just done so, digikam comes up as I would expect....
>  >
>  > Phew!
>
>  Good!
>
>
>  > I'll have to figure out how to permanently mount my photo drives (on
>  > linux  now about 8 months, perhaps should have learned that a bit
>  > sooner)
>
>  You need to add an entry to /etc/fstab
>  (see eg. man fstab or something more readable ... ).
>  So the additional line should look like
>
>  /dev/sda7     /media/photos   ext3    noauto,rw,user,exec 0 0
>
>  /media/photos would be the mount point which you need to create
>  (if it does not exist). I.e.
>   mkdir /media/photos
>  as root
>
>
>  > Many thanks for such a speedy reply!
>
>  Sure, you are welcome! Best
>
>
>
>  Arnd
>
>
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